Episodes

Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Spiritual Aging: Carol Orsborn and Dawson Church in Conversation
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Dr. Carol Orsborn is the best-selling author of over 35 books including Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life. Her earlier books include The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise and Older, Wiser, Fiercer. She has appeared on Oprah, NBC Nightly News and on The Today Show among many others. She has helped brands such as Ford, AARP, Prudential and Humana communicate with Baby Boomers.
Carol and Dawson discuss:
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Why aging in the best of times is difficult
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Searching for meaning and purpose
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Exploring aging as a spiritual experience
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Carol's story
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How to age positively
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What to do when you feel powerless and alone
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Unprecedented joy and fulfillment
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Learning to love aging is a new skill
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The reasons why older you get, the freer you get
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Living passionately and fully at any age
Discover more about Carol's work at: https://carolorsborn.com/
View Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #aging #spiritualaging #embracinglife

Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Dreaming Your Future: Theresa Cheung and Dawson Church in Conversation
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Theresa Cheung has been researching and writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past twenty-five years. Her books, including The Premonition Code and Dreaming of Your Future have been translated into over 40 languages. She has appeared on many media outlets including the BBC, Coast to Coast, and ITV, and has her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores. She works closely with scientists studying consciousness.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
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Theresa's background
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Why where your attention goes during the day appears in your dreams
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Dream journaling
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Avoiding screens an hour before sleep
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Allowing the first half of your day to be quiet time just for you
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How dreams can alert you to medical conditions you might not know you have
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How the dreaming mind knows that your real wealth is your soul
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Ways dreams can show you your unconscious mindsets; things you aren’t admitting to yourself
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Looking beneath the surface for meaning
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The practice of seeing your waking day as a dream
For more about Theresa's work: https://www.theresacheung.com/
For more about Dawson and his work: https://dawsonchurch.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #dreams #consciousness

Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Inner Stillness: Jiulio Consiglio and Dawson Church in Conversation
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Jiulio Consiglio is a spiritual teacher and the author of Your Inner Healer, Open Your Third Eye, and The Healing Frequency. He focuses on the transformative power of inner stillness, the mind-body-spirit connection and the development of psychic abilities. His message is that there is life beyond fear and incessant thinking, and it is found in the dimension of inner stillness.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
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Jiulio's story
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When you allow negative thoughts to remain unchallenged
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In the Inner Stillness, the mind is silence
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Surrender, trust, faith, no inner conflict
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Living moment by moment
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How attachment to outcomes is the source of our suffering, not desire
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Fearlessness, empowerment discernment unconditional love
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From the inner stillness you’re observing the outer world
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Becoming aware of the thinking mind and then the space between thoughts
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Enlightenment is awareness of inner stillness
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Why we never change when we’re uncomfortable
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In the enlightenment state you’re observing the outside world
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The key is to choose love and stillness consistently
For more information about Jiulio: https://www.jiulioconsiglio.com/
For more about Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #innerstillness #healingfrequency

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Subtle Energy and Your Nervous System: C.J. Llewelyn and Dawson Church in Conversation
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
C.J. Llewelyn, MEd, is a licensed professional counselor in private practice. She works with clients struggling with trauma and addiction. C.J. is a trained Internal Family Systems therapist and certified in EMDR. She uses polyvagal theory as a foundation for her work. She is a Reiki Master and curious observer of the human condition. Her book Chakras and the Vagus Nerve reveals the psychological dimensions each of your chakras holds and explains how your body experiences the pain of trauma.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
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Vagus patterns in the chakras
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Filtering and attuning to reading energies
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Feeling safe in our bodies allows us to connect with our spiritual experiences
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Compassionate connection with self and others
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The vagus nerve is bilateral, so as we use bilateral eye movements or tapping we no longer respond somatically to triggering stimuli
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When the trauma is cleared, you feel different in your body
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Exercise: Be curious about the energy in your body
To learn more about C.J.'s books and work: https://cjllewelyn.com/
Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence: https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#highenergyhealth #eft #meditation #chakras #vagusnerve #blissbrain #mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence

Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Mind Magic: James Doty and Dawson Church in Conversation
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
James Doty, MD is a Tulane-trained neurosurgeon, Stanford professor, and New York Times bestselling author of Mind Magic and Into the Magic Shop. He is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford, of which His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the founding benefactor. He holds multiple patents and is the former CEO of Accuray (ARAY:NASDAQ). Dr. Doty has given support to a number of charitable organizations supporting peace initiatives and providing healthcare throughout the world. Additionally, he has supported research, provided scholarships and endowed chairs at multiple universities.
Here he and Dawson reflect on:
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James' story
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Understanding that everyone is suffering
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Becoming friends with the Dalai Lama, Thich Nat Hanh, and Eckart Tolle
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To live in fear or love
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Seeing the suffering of others
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How your mental state has a profound effect on body
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Manifesting all the time and why the baggage we carry from childhood affects what we manifest
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The 6 to 10 million bits of information passing through our sensory system every second ...but we can only pay attention to 50 to 100 of these
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Creating neural pathways through repetition, embedding our intention
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Why embedded thoughts lock us into an unhealthy narrative
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To be a whole person you have to integrate your shadow ...every human being has one
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How to let the negative thoughts slide by, say “I deserve love and compassion”
For more information about Dr. Doty and his latest book:
His app can be found at: www.happi.ai
And to reach host Dr. Dawson Church: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #mindmagic #intothemagicshop #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth

Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Herbal Intelligence: David Hoffmann and Dawson Church in Conversation
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
David Hoffmann is the author of 14 books, such as The Holistic Herbal and Medical Herbalism, that have been translated into 9 languages. He is a Fellow of Britain’s National Institute of Medical Herbalists. After moving to the US in 1986 he became co-founder and is a past president of the American Herbalist Guild. His most recent book is Herbal Intelligence.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
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The value of living a life of simplicity
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Embracing everything including the darkness
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Getting rid of conditioning
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How Herbalism is integrating humans into the whole of life
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Why in every culture from the most ancient ones they have used herbalism
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Thinking of herbs as alleviating distress and empowering rather than curing
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The 6 herbs that everyone should know about
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Reducing inflammation, easing coughs, improving skin, promoting relaxation
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The profound science behind herbalism
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Being in community with people, animals, plants and nature
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Enoughness gives us space to grow and love each other
To purchase David's book, Herbal Intelligence: Plant Teachers and the Return of Viriditas
To connect with Dawson, his work, and his books:
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #herbalintelligence #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation

Monday Nov 25, 2024
The Awakening Intensive with Dawson Church
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
A rare treat! A solo High Energy Health episode! Here, host Dr. Dawson Church leads listeners through a set of energy exercises. They are designed to cultivate a sense of community and allow you to feel your energetic connection with others on the same path. They also help you develop healthy boundaries, release tension in your body, and cultivate the slow waves of healing and renewal in your brain. He explains the Four Circuits of the Brain's Enlightenment Network, and how you can develop these one by one.
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Celebrating the connection we all share as community
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Exercise 1: Energetic connection with the whole group
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Exercise 2: Maintaining healthy boundaries and returning to your own energy space
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Exercise 3: Tapping to release tension in the body
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Exercise 4: Eye movements to bring the brain into alpha-theta state
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The Awakening Intensive Meditation Retreat
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Ancient spiritual practices filtered through the lens of neuroscience
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The Four Circuits of the Brain's Enlightenment Network
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How activating the Enlightenment Network leads to ecstatic states of joy
For more information, visit: https://eftuniverse.com/awakening-intensive/
#highenergyhealth #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #mindtomatter #eft #meditation #thebrain #enlightenmentnetwork #awakening

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Your Magical Power of Choice: Jonathan Hammond and Dawson Church in Conversation
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Jonathan Hammond is a spiritual counselor and author of The Shaman’s Mind. He is a graduate of Harvard and a master teacher of Reki and Shamanism. He teaches classes in the Hawaiian healing art of Huna at Omega Institute and online.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
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Jonathan's background
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Empathic attunement with indigenous mind
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The enchantment of human and natural worlds
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The energy of Hawaii
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Aloha: to share life force or breath
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What’s lighting you up? It’s like that for a reason!
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The Huna tradition
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The ability to make a choice is magical power
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Trauma blindsides us and the nervous system creates an inner critic
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Looping trauma and how to interrupt it
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Using Ho’oponopono
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“I love you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.”
Jonathan can be found online at: https://mindbodyspiritmaui.com/
And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #eft #highenergyhealth #meditation #theshamansmind #huna #hawaii

Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Fulfilling Relationships: Dené Logan and Dawson Church in Conversation
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Dené Logan is a marriage and family therapist, spiritual teacher, and host of the podcast Cheaper Than Therapy, which gives a behind-the-scenes look at coaching sessions with clients and interviews with thought leaders in the field of mental health and wellness.
Here Dené and Dawson discuss:
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Lifetime curiosity about our behavior patterns
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Often there is conflict over who’s getting what share of the energy
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Eastern traditions have an understanding of our own wholeness
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Building on Jung’s work on the masculine and feminine within each person
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Jung’s individuation process
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As a society we’re questioning: who are we?
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When you take everything away, who am I?
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Getting into intuition and synchronicity
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Why you can feel the energy between people
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Always be respectful about your partner
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Should you do your psychological growth work within the relationship?
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The first thing to do in your relationship is to ask why
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The Stoics always asked the first question: Know yourself
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Know your story and your own purpose, then bring an individuated self into the relationship dynamic
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Our relationships are these mirrors that are showing us ourselves
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You are the love of your life
To learn more about Dené and her work: https://denelogan.com/
To find Dawson and his work: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #relationships #marriage #couples #cheaperthantherapy

Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Getting Past Defensiveness: Sarah Close and Dawson Church in Conversation
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Sarah Close is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and operates from a Relational, Trauma-Informed approach. She is trained in EMDR and NARM. Sarah gently aims to shift the focus of mental health care from the struggles and ‘problems’ we all face, to the resiliency and wisdom inherent in seeking help. She has been with BetterHelp since its inception in 2013, supporting this online service dedicated to making mental health care more accessible to everyone. BetterHelp’s network of over 30,000 licensed therapists has helped millions of people take ownership of their mental health and work towards their personal goals.
Here Sarah and Dawson discuss:
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Sarah's background feeling trapped by her desire to help
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Research into complex PTSD
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Trauma results from an event when our needs are not met
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Survival needs, relationship needs, attachment needs
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As we approach healing, our defensive strategies come up
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Being stuck in the negative belief that 'I’m not enough'
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Why some people do not heal despite effective treatments like EMDR and EFT?
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Suggestions for self-care
To reach out to Sarah or other therapists in the BetterHelp network:
To reach out to Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #podcast #blissbrain #eft #emdr #betterhelp #highenergyhealth #therapy #mentalhealth
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